Modification and further evaluation of a fluorescein-labeled peanut agglutinin test for identification of Haemonchus contortus eggs

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 169, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 209-213

  Jurasek, Megan E ^a   Bishop Stewart, Janell K ^a   Storey, Bobby E ^b   Kaplan, Ray M ^b   Kent, Michael L ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Haemonchus contortus; Peanut lectin

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; FORMALDEHYDE; LECTIN; PEANUT AGGLUTININ;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGATION; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GOAT; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; ILLUMINATION; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; SHEEP; STAINING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WORM EGG;

ANIMALS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FIXATIVES; FLUORESCEIN; FORMALDEHYDE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HAEMONCHIASIS; HAEMONCHUS; PEANUT AGGLUTININ; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; ZYGOTE;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; CAPRA HIRCUS; HAEMONCHUS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NEMATODA; NEMATODIRUS; OVIS ARIES; TRICHOSTRONGYLE; TRICHOSTRONGYLIDAE;

EID: 77951092945     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.12.003     Document Type: Article

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